grace mann , 20 , was described as a compassionate and principled young woman who wanted the world to be ` a safe place ' .
mann 's parents , local judge thomas mann and his wife melissa , remembered their daughter in a brief interview a week after she was found dead in her rented home in fredericksburg , virginia .
her father , a judge in a fairfax county juvenile and domestic court , said ` she just wanted the world to be a beautiful place , a safe place and a kind place ' .